The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-11-09
HEAD LIGHTS AT LowNDEsvILLE.
An Old Newspaper-.-A NeGro's Plan
to Catch a 'POssum.-.YOung Folk
on n Bender Matrimony -. Fox
IIuntfng..-and Other Matters.

LowDNDEsvILLE, Nov. G, 1887.
Nights are now quite cold.
We had a first:class vesetation killer yes
terday morning.
The favorable weather for the past few
weeks, is making much OF the cotton open
that otherwise would not.
The time OF the year is upon us which gen
orally brings about Il revival matrimonially
Mr. Henry Morrow, OF the Fork, and Miss
Florence Tate, OF Anderson county, were
happily married last week.
Last Wednesday Mr.. James Cam pbell o
Anderson County and Miss Lilly Hutchison
Of the Fork. were united in marriage by the
Rev. Mr.. PresSly.
The meeting in Providence closed last Sun.
the weather. Many OF us were disappointed
in not hearing DR.. j. l.. Wilson from Abbe
vile.
Fox hunting seems to be the order Of the
day, or rather night with the lovers OF that
kind OF sport.
MIR ]. NJ. Baker went to Augusta last Sun
day and spent several days.
Mcssrs. Mcconnell and Baker went to
Charleston on last Monday, where they
stayed for several days partly upon business
and partly Tor pleasure.
One day last week. Frank Groves, colored
living on the Pressly place near here, shot at
measured eight feet from tip to tip of its
wings He sold 1t to Capt. Twiggs, conductor
on the Savannah Valley Railroad.
Miss Annie McGruder, Of Anderson, is now
spending while at our house.
Mr.. John IL. McCalla, of Elbert County
Georgia, attended services at the Methodist
Church on yesterday.
Rev. II. II. Ieitch, accompanied by Mr.. Mar
shall, arrived here on the noon train Satur
day. The former gave to large and atten.
tive audience one of his characteristic ser.
mons. on yesterday.
Mr.. w. q. Watson, Of Anderson county,
yesterday.
Rev. Mr.. Attaway and wife of Williamson
are now In our community to spend several
days.
Brother Leitch announced on yesterday
that he came here to succeed, and think he
will "fght it out on that line If 1T takes oil
summer" rather winter.
Rev. K. u. Smart filled the pulpit In the
Methodist church last night creditably to
himself and to the satisfaction of his many
hearcgs.
\ few days ago Judge J. B. Leroy kindly
handed me two copies of the Pendleton Mes
ScnDer. a. o. Norris, subscriber The one
was in its thirty fourth volume and was pub.
lished December 10, 1911. In 1t is found Mes
The other was in its thirty-seventh volume
and was published December %, 1914. In this
last is the message of President John Tyler
treating largely of the annexation of Texas
ems to continue his paper to subscribers I'LL
all arrears are paid. They conclusively
show that they were the main advertising
medium for Abbeyile. Anderson and Pick.
ems COunIlCS. Although newspapers arc StiiN
to be palladium of liberty and should be
priced and preserved, yet such relics, Of such
an age, are rarely to be found
Not Il great while ago some of our boys
had 'possum up fattening. A certain dark
ey knew Of it, and one night, wanting some
'possum meat bad, he goes to the box, turns
it out, gives it a little start puts his dogs on
the track, which Of course soon trees good
fat 'posSum. He takes 1t home and has the
biggest kind of a stew.
Not long since certain man heard that he
had been likened to dude. He felt much
complimented, and asked some of his friends
the meaning of the word, and of whom gave
the information that dudo was Il "paterna
ancestor Of the mule" In q less polite way o.
expressing it, however.
Monday night last was, rs perhaps most
people know, halloween. 1t was duly cele
bratcn in the Nation and thcreabouts by &
pretty good sized crowd who INDUCED In the
prescribed methods Of mischief, such rs put
| ting trees in, and building fences across the
roads, carrying off wagons. gates, &c. They
| had a modern "attachment' in the shape o
music box. from which the operator, cvel
| and anon, ground out some of that melody
which we are told "hath charms to soOthe 8
savage, split n rock or cook a cabbage
While the music was kept up, and "Cain'
was raised generally by all hands. Some o
them visited the hen rOosts and ''raiscd" sew
eral old speckles which raised" squalls
which would have indicated to their owner!
could not be heard because Of the din on tht
other side. One man was carried away
with the music till he visited his fowl house
and there he found feathers enough to stock
q pretty good bed, then he was "carriet
away sure enough, with wrath.